 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) |
| 3 months to 15 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 448 | 444 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -4 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 146 | 171 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.187 % | 0.192 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.443 % | 1.358 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 63 | 44 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £370 | £313 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £341 |
| % change on same period last year | +17.41 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £431 | £369 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £411 | £347 |
| % change on same period last year | +18.45 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 19 | 24 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.05 | £23.32 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.29 | £25.68 |
| % change on same period last year | +17.94 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.53 | £28.04 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £31.31 | £25.43 |
| % change on same period last year | +23.10 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 10116 | 12590 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 12.98 % | 14.14 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2754 | 2903 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £335 | £341 |
| Average daily rate | £356 | £360 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.23 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £376 | £379 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £342 | £333 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.81 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1323 | 1513 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.72 | £25.35 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.73 | £26.88 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.55 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.73 | £28.41 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.75 | £27.61 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.08 % |
We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.
The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing SMTP across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
